I just noticed that Baron Max has been given a lengthy ban for trolling.
The length of the ban is because Max has previously been banned for 1 day, 3 days and 7 days. The next step in the process is 14 days, which is his current suspension time. If he is banned again, next time will be 1 month. The time after that will be permanent.
I never really considered Baron a troll, just cynical and having a tendency to criticise perceived flaws in the arguments of other posters. So I was wondering if it was possible that some examples of Baron's 'trolling' could be supplied.
Click on his name and review his recent posts. In particular, note how many times he repeated points that had previously been debunked. Note also that I personally warned him not to troll in at least 3 separate threads.
Also, does the moderation consider it appropriate for a member to receive a ban from a moderator (err, administrator) he was debating an issue with immediately prior to said ban?
In my time zone, Baron's last post prior to being banned was at 5:12 am. My first post of the day was at 9:34 am. There was no debate immediately prior to the ban. Baron Max was offline when I banned him. In fact, our times online rarely coincide, since we are in different time zones.
This happened to S.A.M, and now it's happening to Baron (who is considered by some to be the other side of the same coin).
S.A.M. was given a full 24 hours to apologise for libel. She was not banned immediately after debating an issue with me, either.
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For a new member, mordea, you seem very concerned to inject yourself into arguments with moderators here all of a sudden. It's almost as if you've been here before under a different name. It's almost as if you're a sock puppet. If you were, of course, I would have noticed almost immediately you signed up. If I did, hypothetically, notice that you were a sock puppet, then just
maybe I might have decided to tolerate you rather than immediately banning you (again), on the basis that perhaps you'd grown up a little since your last visit here. If, hypothetically, it were to turn out that you've decided to return to your old ways, then I couldn't see you lasting much longer here.
Of course, all this is hypothetical.
There's a lesson here, though, to potential users of sock puppets - don't stick your head up when you come back as a sock, or you risk being noticed.
Best wishes, mordea.
